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sP ITTING GAGE. I 7 No 295,629. Patented Mar-.25, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

HENRY s. GINTHER, 0E OLNEY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO F. T.

I PHILLIPS, or SAME PLACE.

SPLlTTlNG-GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 295,629, dated March 2-5, 1884.

Application filed September 24, 1883. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, HENRY S. GIN-THEE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Olney, in the county of Richland and State of Illinois, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Splitting-Gages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to splitting-gages and implements for chamferin g welts for boots and shoes; and it consists in an improved construction of such implements, as herein described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a splitting-gage and chamfering device having my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top view, the splitting-knife being removed. Fig. 3 is a front view of the im- Fig. 4. is an end View of same. Fig. 5 represents a section taken on line 5 f Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a section on line6 6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the chamfering-knife detached. Figs. 8 and 9 represent sections of strap or welt before and after chamfering.

The frame supporting the operative parts is formed of bars A, ends B,and standards 0 with lugs D, and may be cast whole. of malleable iron, with holes in bars A for screws to fasten the implement to a bench or board, and with end slots to receive the pivots J of an arm or plate, I. As shown in the drawings, the plate I is formed rising toward the center, forminga ridge under the splitting-knife E. The said plate, being pivoted at one end to the frame, is provided at its opposite end with an adjusting-screw, K,by means of which the plate is raised or lowered to or from the knife E, according to the required thickness of the welt or strap. The knife E forms a bar along the top and over the middle or elevated portion of plate I, and is provided with a cuttingfor splitting or-shaving the strap or edge, a,

welt P to the required thickness. It is secured to standards 0 byset-screws H, passing through into lugs D, and serves as a guide for the strap or welt which is drawn under it when being chamfered.

M is an adjustable guide, secured to plate I by means of a screw, 0, which passes through a slot, N in the guide, and holds it at any point desired to keep the strap or welt in l proper place when it chamfering it.

G indicates the chamfering-knife, the same being curved and in proper form to cut the chamfer Q. Said knife is" fastened to standards G by a set-screw passing through the part E and block or Washer F into lug D. The block or washer F may be made of any thickness, according to the depth of cut desired. As the bent knife G turns downward, as shown, the plate I is usually cut away somewhat, or formed with an opening for the lower end of the knife. By this construction and arrangement of parts, the welt or strap may be first shaved by the knife E, in connection with plate I, and the chamfer is then quickly and uniformly made by knife G when the strap is is drawn through in drawn through the passage formed for it between the several parts.

I claim- 1. In a chamfering-tool, a pivoted adjusting-plate, I, provided with guide M, in combination with knife the parts being constructed andsupported substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In combination with pivoted adjusting- G, block F, and a bar, E,

plate I, provided with screw K and adjustable guide M, the knives E and G and a supporting-frame, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of September, 1883. HENRY S. GINTHER. In presence of THOMAS J. GHRIsTY, J. B. CRYKENDALL. 

